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COVID Case County Decline In Oconee, Clarke, Surrounding Counties
The number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths remains high at 21, with four in Clarke County.
The 10-county Northeast Health District added 2,817 new cases of COVID-19 in the week ending on Friday and 21 new confirmed deaths from the disease.
Four of the confirmed deaths were in Clarke County.
The 2,817 added cases of COVID-19 and 21 deaths compare with the 3,331 new cases and 24 confirmed deaths added in the week ending Sept. 3.
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The average number of added cases in the District was 402.4 per day this past week, compared with 475.9 per day in the week ending Sept. 3.
This is the first week since the increase in cases began in the beginning of July to see a decline in the average number of cases per day.
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Oconee County added 175 cases in the week ending on Friday, compared with 200 on Friday of last week.
Clarke County added 557 new cases on Friday, however, compared with 718 on Friday of last week.
In its report on Friday, Oconee County Schools counted 42 Active COVID-19 Cases, down from 57 a week earlier.
Area hospitals reported on Friday that the number of COVID-19 patients at area hospitals was 292, down from 294 a week earlier, the number of ICU beds in use was 74, down from 76 a week earlier, and the number of adult ventilators in use was 63, down from 67 a week earlier.
For more details on COVID-19 in Oconee and Clark counties and the surrounding area based on data released this past week, please click through to Oconee County Observations.